The Shiloh National Cemetery at
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., is situated on the west bank of the Tennessee
River, just below the landing, and on the bluff immediately overlooking
it. It contains ten acres of ground, and is enclosed by a rough stone
wall of the most substantial character. A convenient lodge has been erected,
and a permanent keeper is stationed at the Cemetery. A flag-staff has
been erected on the bluff overlooking the river, from which the Union
flag is kept constantly floating. The grounds are laid off into sections
and groups by avenues and walks, neatly graded and graveled.

The number of interments in this
Cemetery is 3,584, of which 2,359 are at present unknown. They represent
203 regiments from thirteen different States, besides colored troops and
employees. The graves are all designated by head-boards numbered to correspond
with the printed Roll of Honor.

These remains have been collected
with great care from their scattered graves through that wild and desolate
country, and on the line of the Tennessee River from Fort Henry to the
foot of the shoals; and from no less than 565 separate localities.

The most interesting feature of
this Cemetery will be found in the numerous Regimental Groups, of which
there are no less than twenty-nine. These were originally buried upon
the battle-field by their comrades, and great care has been taken to preserve
the original arrangement. Occasionally the addition of a few scattered
graves has been made to the original group.

On no other battlefield through
the entire South and Southwest, does there seem to have been so great
care and pains taken in the burial of the dead and in providing for their
future identification. In the case of some of the regiments, even after
the lapse of five years and the exposure of the head-boards to the annual
ravages of fire, every grave has been identified.

States
Represented

Known

Unknown

Total

Alabama

1

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1

Illinois

376

33

409

Indiana

122

1

123

Iowa

143

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143

Kansas

1

-----

1

Kentucky

35

-----

35

Louisiana

1

-----

1

Michigan

36

-----

36

Minnesota

1

-----

1

Missouri

43

1

44

Nebraska

8

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8

New
Jersey

3

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3

Ohio

236

2

238

Tennessee

8

1

9

Wisconsin

59

2

61

Colored
Troops

1

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1

Mississippi
Marine Brigade

2

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2

Employees

2

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2

Miscellaneous

151

2,315

2,466

TOTAL

1,227

2,357

3,584

From the Roll of
Honor (No. XX.) "Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American
Union, interred in the National Cemeteries in Corinth, Mississippi, Pittsburg
Landing, Tennessee, and Jefferson Barracks, Missouri" Washington:
Government Printing Office. 1869